4/23/2012

Our day on Saturday (PSU Blue White game) did not start out in a Happy Place. We had arrived at the stadium a little before 8am - and yet we were not set up until well past 9am. But, for as frustrating and annoying as the early am was, it ended up being a fantastic day - and a great tailgate.

We deviated from our traditional theme of "practice" for Blue White this year. With the events of the past fall and winter, we decided that a fitting theme for this year would be Irish Wake. We would celebrate the passing of our dear Coach, with some Italian favorites, while welcoming the new guy with some Irish classics. And then some.

So that meant a bevy of irish and italian inspired dishes. We had traditional Lasagna and corned beef with potatoes (okay, the corned beef was a little unique, we cooked it in guinness - a reoccurring ingredient) and some fusion items like chicken florentine pasties.

And then there were the recipes we just had fun with - black n' tan cupcakes, beer and pretzel caramels, pink panther poop (what?) -

and Guinness Jerk Wings - an adaptation of the jamaican jerk wing - we got a few requests for the recipe - so I've tried to recreate it - it's not exact - especially measures - but here's how they were made: